diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 51777b4fc..edb74626a 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ S3method(str, SpatRaster)
 S3method(str, SpatExtent)
 S3method(str, SpatGraticule)
 
-export(add_box, add_legend, focalMat, extractAlong, gdal, getGDALconfig, graticule, halo, setGDALconfig, map.pal, north, sbar, terraOptions, tmpFiles, makeVRT, mem_info, free_RAM, same.crs, shade, gdalCache, fileBlocksize, vector_layers, vrt_tiles, names, round)
+export(add_box, add_legend, add_grid, focalMat, extractAlong, gdal, getGDALconfig, graticule, halo, setGDALconfig, map.pal, north, sbar, terraOptions, tmpFiles, makeVRT, mem_info, free_RAM, same.crs, shade, gdalCache, fileBlocksize, vector_layers, vrt_tiles, names, round)
 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 8231cd715..673494f13 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 - `bestMatch<SpatRaster>` method
 - argument "pairs=TRUE" to `cells` [https://github.com/rspatial/terra/issues/1487](https://github.com/rspatial/terra/issues/1487) by Floris Vanderhaeghe
+- `add_grid` to add a grid to a map
 
 
 # version 1.7-71